Upper Tanana language

Upper Tanana
Nee'aanèegn'
Native toUnited States, Canada
RegionAlaska (upper Tanana River, Yukon
Ethnicityca. 340 Tanana (1997–2007)[1]
Native speakers
(ca. 110 cited 1997–2007)[1]
Latin (Northern Athabaskan alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Alaska[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tau
Glottologuppe1437
ELPUpper Tanana
Upper Tanana is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Upper Tanana (also known as Tabesna, Nabesna or Nee'aanèegn') is an endangered Athabaskan language spoken in eastern Interior Alaska, United States, mainly in the villages of Northway, Tetlin, and Tok, and adjacent areas of the Canadian territory of Yukon. In 2000 there were fewer than 100 speakers, and the language was no longer being acquired by children.

  1. ^ a b Upper Tanana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Chappell, Bill (21 April 2014). "Alaska OKs Bill Making Native Languages Official". NPR.

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